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ninth
- /naɪnθ/ US, UK
Rhymes with -aɪnθ
Where it comes from
From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine. Equivalent to nine + -th (ordinal suffix).
adjective nineth
- The ordinal form of the number nine. Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
noun ninths · nineth
- The person or thing in the ninth position.
- One of nine equal parts of a whole.
- The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
verb ninths · ninthing · ninthed · nineth
- To lose a ninth. οὐ[δ̓] ὲνατεὐεται, should be translated “a tithe (offering or fee) is not given (or paid)”, “no tithing” (literally, “a ninth is not given”, “no ninth-ing”, if I may coin such a word).
- To divide by nine. THE NINTHER-MEAN COMBINATION When data are only a little worse than usual, so far as wild and straggling values are concerned, we can do well enough by taking means of the results of ninthing.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: one-ninth, ordinal, nine, seventh, eighth, eleventh, ninthly, eighteenth, fiftieth, tenth, nineteenth, nona, nono, kowloon, thirty-ninth, forty-ninth
Translations
Every language
adj ordinal form of nine — see also 9th
| Español | noveno, nono |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아홉째 ahopjjae |
| 日本語 | 九番目 kyūban-me |
| 中文 | 第九 dìjiǔ |
| हिन्दी | नवां navā̃ |
| Kiswahili | ya tisa |
| Português | nono |
| Français | neuvième, neuf |
| Deutsch | neunte |
| Italiano | nono |
| Ελληνικά | ένατος énatos |
| Română | nouălea |
| Русский | девя́тый devjátyj |
| Tiếng Việt | thứ chín |
| العربية | تَاسِع tāsiʕ, تَاسِعَة tāsiʕa |
| עברית | תשיעי tshi'i |
noun something in the ninth position
| Español | noveno, novena |
|---|---|
| Português | nono, nona |
| Français | neuvième |
| Deutsch | Neunter |
| Italiano | nono, nona |
| Română | al nouălea, a noua |
| Tiếng Việt | phần chín |
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title = {ninth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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